TripAdvisor Reviews Guesthouse Amice Paramaribo

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We arrive in Suriname around midnight and didn't get to our hotel until 1:30 am. This was an unexpected leg of our journey, but were excited all the same to explore a country we really didn't know much about. Arriving at such a late hour, gave us a deceptive first impression of the country. The airport is about an hour away from downtown, so it was two lane road all the way into town. The buildings and homes were rustic, but the roads paved and fully functional. ...

... routes, ants carrying 8 times their body size of leaves, and sunshine only through a few spots. Like a fairy tale forest where usually bad things would happen, but in this case it was quite the peaceful place. It was so peaceful that we could hear leaves drop from trees into the water- bliss!

After spending a few minutes, maybe almost an hour in this exclusive isolated world we headed back to the car, and ...

... we had said it was not necessary, the executive chef, Floris van Noort, was soon standing at our table. He was obviously a people-person, very congenial. He loved Leslie's enthusiasm. They both acted as though they were long-lost friends.

The tray he had brought to the table was filled with about a dozen servings of lobster. They each looked like they were ready to eat right then. Chef Floris explained that the meat was from lobster ...

... created the program with planning. Fingers crossed that coming Monday we are off to the in lands. Can't wait! For this trip its mainly interviews with locals about the manatees... Followups and own research is the next step.. Time for dinner while watching nature chill out for night hours and hit weekend fever. Means my weekend ...

Supposedly our next consumable shipment arrived today. I left Georgetown at about 11:30. The goods were to have been delivered at 14:00 while our housekeeper was at the house. I will check when I get home to ensure all went well.

While I was sitting in the waiting area at Ogle airport there was a blackout. It lasted for about 20 minutes. I was surprised the power did not come back on with a ...